Hi Mackenzie Thorpe was my grandfather I spend many summers on the marsh with him staying in the houseboad that he built. It is true it was burnt down by my Uncle Raymond I think it was a combination of gypsey and my Uncle was upset with the loss. MacKenzie is buried in the Sutton Bridge church yard behind the church. Mackenzie was a gruff man a mans man he liked a drink and loved to play billards at the local legion. He always smelt of liniment for his joints. It was not unusual
to see guns in the house and men comming to go out to the marsh on hunting trips they would stay in the house boat
